Peculiar Periodicals
It turns out there are even more unlikely publications than The Journal of Unlikely Science. Every Thursday, our very own Dr Steer turns his attention to another improbable periodical.
This week: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE
| Name – Conjures up all sorts - I was thinking Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze's pottery shenanigans graphically represented, or methods for sculpting phallic vases. No such luck. I'm deducting points for false advertising. |  |
)){kind=small} Front cover – Looks like something I could have knocked up in Word over my lunch break. Three marks for getting the colour of clay right though. |
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| Off-the-wallness – Well, it's a journal about clay composition, characterisation and applications. Perhaps not riveting, but I can't wait to read the write-up on the 11th International Clay Conference. Oh no, did I miss it? |  |
| Usefulness – I can't say my life has turned around since discovering this publication, but then I'm not a minerologist, or a potter. Someone out there must be excited by the fact that smectitic clay can be used to extract anthocyanins from red cabbage. Just not me. |  |
| Impressiveness – It sounds so much better than it is. Two. Sorry. |  |
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| Overall – Disappointing - the worst score yet. It promised so much and delivered so little. |  |
Impact factor: Like a big lump of wet clay.
Previously in Peculiar Periodicals:
The European Journal of Pain (34)
The Journal of Peanut Science (31)
The Journal of Happiness Studies (30)
Biofouling (30)
Archives of Oral Biology (26)
See all the journals
More journal jocularity to come next Thursday. Until then why not find a phunny phobia?
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